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THE UNMOTIVATED AND
SELF-MOTIVATED
CLASSROOMS
HOW TO MOTIVATE THE
UNMOTIVATED TO LEARN
PRESENTER: CAO Hồng Phát
Ho Chi Minh City University of Education
1/ What are the major discrepancies
between the unmotivated classroom and
the self-motivated classroom?
 2/ What are the roles of the teachers in
the unmotivated and the self-motivated
classroom?
 3/ How can a teacher motivate the
unmotivated to learn especially ESP
students?
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Introduction
Motivation
 Types of motivation
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Literature review
Literature review
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Unmotivated students are the ones who
never concentrate on the lessons or what the
teacher is talking or very little, use the
classroom as a bedroom, i.e. the ones who
use the class hour as nap time, sit at the
back of the classroom, constantly talk to their
friends, learn and prepare other subjects in
the classroom, hardly do the homework and
exercise, never know what page we are on
when they are called on, look tired and
bored, and come late.
The unmotivated classroom
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The students in the self-motivated one are
always eager to learn and raise questions
in the classroom. Moreover, these
students participate in all the classroom
activities conducted by the teachers and
this make the classroom become a truly
student-centered classroom.
The self-motivated classroom
The survey conducted at UOE
MOTIVATIONAL
TEACHING
PRACTICE
How to motivate the unmotivated
to learn?
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Change their seats. Move the students up front. Form
a semi-circle. These activities belong to the broad
concept of classroom management.
Find out their interests and add them to the lessons.
Reward them for positive behavior using points, stars,
candies, or just praise.
Use their names or nicknames. Give them foreign
names.
Ask easy questions instead of using long and
complicated questions; use Wh questions for better
students.
Use student-centered approach; in other words, more
student talking time and less teacher talking time.
How to motivate the unmotivated
to learn?
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Have more pair work and group work rather than
teaching everybody together.
Spend more time with them and move to the back of
the class.
Learn as much as you can about their personal lives
and problems.
Find a special skill that each of them can use and
show in the classroom.
Make your classroom a place of rewards, not
punishments
Create the classroom that makes the students eager
to come; add some fun!
Give them a detailed explanation of the rules of the
class as well as the course schedule
How to motivate the unmotivated
to learn?
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Look at ourselves in the mirror (self-reflection) and ask
ourselves these questions
When I was in school, was I equally motivated to learn
every subject?
What kind of teacher am I compared to my favorite teacher
in school? Why can’t I be more like her/him?
Do my students enjoy studying with me? Am I kind? Am I
friendly to everybody? Am I helpful to every students
including them? Do I try to understand the problems they
have? Do I seem to really care about each of them?
Will they always remember me as their favorite teacher?
Why not?
How can I improve myself as a teacher of the unmotivated
students?
How to motivate the unmotivated
to learn?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION